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ArnNr FFICE JOHN OVEN RICE, OF IIUTCI'IINSON, MINNESOTA.

WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April 28, 1890.

To all whom t 11i/wy concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OWEN RICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hutchinson, in the county of McLeod and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

lThis invention relates to wells, and has particular relation to the method of constructing the same.

The object of the invention is to so construct a well as to exclude drainage, sand, gravel, and all foreign substances from the water, whereby thelatter is retained in a pure state.

A furt-her object of the invention is to produce a well ot' simple and inexpensive build and which will efliciently serve the purpose for which it is designed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional View of a well embodying my invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

I-Ieretot'ore much difficulty has been experienced with the ordinary form of well with open mouth, owing to drainage and other'foreign matter finding its way to the water and rendering it unfit for use, and also owing to the obstruction of the pump-valves by sand and gravel. The former difficulty has in a measure been overcome by forming a platform within the well near the mouth and filling the opening above the same. lVhile this method prevents the surface drainage from entering the well, it is open to the objection that the drainage will still find its way to the water as it sinks into the ground and below the filled portion. The second difficulty is also experienced in drive wells, in which the pum pvalves frequently become so obstructed as to necessitate entire abandonment of the well. The office of the present invention is to overcome these difficulties 5 and to this end it consists, substantially, in the construction and arrangement hereinafter fully described, and

Patent No. 447,646, dated March 3, 189 1.

Serial No. 349,720. (No model.)

Referring to the drawings, A designates a well of the ordinary form, which may be dug especially for the embodiment of my invention, or a well of this character already in use. At the bottom of the Well A is built a or other material in any suitable form; or in lieu of such construction a barrel or box may be employed to serve the same purpose.

The reservoir is closed at its top, bottom, and sides, and is provided in the latter near the upper edge with a series of perforations b for the admission of water.

Projecting through the top of and into the reservoir and preferably hermetically sealed in its passage therethrough is a vertical tube C, extending to or above the surface of the ground. This tube C may be adapted to serve as the pump-tubing; or it may be of a sufficient diameter to serve the purpose of a channel through which the pump-tubing passes.

After the reservoir has been built or set in position and the tube connected therewith the entire well is filled up, preferably, first with a thickness of stone, then gravel, and finally the balance of the opening with earth. By the foregoing method a well is thus provided having at all times a reservoir of pure water stored in such manner as to prevent the admission thereto of drainage, sand, gravel, and all other foreign matter.

I claim as my invent-ion- In combination With a Well, a reservoir provided at the bottom thereof and consisting of a single unbroken chamber having an opening near its top, a channel or pipe extending from said reservoir to or above the surface of the ground, the surface between the latter and the reservoir being filled with stone, gravel, and earth, respectively, in the order named, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my sign aturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN OIVEN RICE.

Witnesses:

JOHN MERSEN,

particularly pointed out in the claim.

D. A. ADAMS.

reservoir B, constructed of masonry, lumber, 

